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The Presidential Records Act was enacted in 1978 after President Richard Nixon sought to destroy records relating to his presidential tenure upon his resignation in 1974. The law superseded the policy in effect during Nixon’s tenure that a president’s records were considered private property, making clear that presidential records are owned ...
The Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 (Pub. L. 113–187 (text)) is a United States federal statute which amended the Presidential Records Act and Federal Records Act. Introduced as H.R. 1233, it was signed into law by President Barack Obama on November 26, 2014.
Only two to three percent of records created by the federal government are deemed to be of permanent value. The Presidential Records Act mandates that all records created by the Executive Office of the President are to be preserved and transferred to the National Archives at the end of a president's administration. [14] [4] [15]
Much of the information would harm U.S. interests if it became public. ... For starters, it's the law. According to the Presidential Records Act of 1978, "any documentary materials relating to the ...
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The Presidential Records Act of 1978 expanded such protection of historical records, by mandating that the records of former presidents would automatically become the property of the federal government upon their departures from the Oval Office, and then transferred to the Archivist of the United States, thereafter to be made available to the ...
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Signed into law by President George Washington on September 15, 1789 The Records Act , also known as an Act to provide for the safe-keeping of the Acts, Records and Seal of the United States, and for other purposes , was the fourteenth law passed by the United States Congress .